BRITISH GUIANA
A Rare "Cotton Reel" Cover
cover 1850 (1 July) "Cotton Reel" 4c. orange with thin frame and initialled "WHL" in red ink, cut round and clearly cancelled with "DEMERARA" c.d.s. on 1851 (7 Feb.) entire letter, headed "Mahaica", to Georgetown. The adhesive repaired at right, though a very rare stamp on cover.
Details
cover 1850 (1 July) "Cotton Reel" 4c. orange with thin frame and initialled "WHL" in red ink, cut round and clearly cancelled with "DEMERARA" c.d.s. on 1851 (7 Feb.) entire letter, headed "Mahaica", to Georgetown. The adhesive repaired at right, though a very rare stamp on cover.
Provenance
Ackerman
Frederick T. Small, 1970
Frederick T. Small, 1970